A transdisciplinary perspective on economic complexity. Marshall's problem revisited

Cassata, Francesco; Marchionatti, Roberto

doi:10.1016/j.jebo.2011.03.002

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“…On one hand, the study of wealth about desires, where he took the theory of the marginal utility of the MSE to design the theory of demand [48]. On the other hand, in the study of wealth about efforts, he took the cost theory of production of the CSPE to build the theory of supply [49,50]. Building upon these theories, he developed a theory of prices and exchange based on the interaction between supply and demand [36].…”

Section: Marshallian Synthesis and The Scissor Analogymentioning

confidence: 99%

Definition of Economics in Retrospective: Two Epistemological Tensions That Explain the Change of the Study Object in Economics

Durán-Sandoval,

Uleri

2023

Philosophies

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Throughout history, schools of economic thought have defined political economy—or economics—and its object of study in multiple ways. This paper reflects on the definitions of economics by schools of economic thought and also proposes the concepts of value and scarcity as key concepts to explain the differences between them. The most important findings of the paper are: (a) the ontological and epistemological characteristics of the concept of value and scarcity have shaped the definitions of economics; (b) the boundaries of the study object of economics have been expanded since today’s mainstream economics deals with multiple topics as diverse as crime, education, development, health, etc. However, the methodological tools used in mainstream economics have been narrowed since approaches such as the philosophical, ethical, historical, and institutional approaches have been left behind; (c) the part of reality that mainstream economics can grasp have left behind important issues of the contemporary world, such as gender, social, and environmental issues. A clear understanding of the scope and boundaries of economics could help to define more realistic research questions for economic science, and it would help to define new economic paradigms that address the contemporary issues.

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Section: Marshallian Synthesis and The Scissor Analogymentioning

confidence: 99%

Definition of Economics in Retrospective: Two Epistemological Tensions That Explain the Change of the Study Object in Economics

Durán-Sandoval,

Uleri

2023

Philosophies

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“…This article believes that the emergence of consumers signifies that consumption theory has entered the neoclassical stage. Marshall and others gave their core views: marginal utility value theory, consumer surplus theory, consumption habit, and regional theory [22]. They mentioned "consumers" for the first time, and at the same time pointed out that consumption is the psychological consciousness produced by people's inner pursuit of material, which laid the foundation for later scholars to introduce consumption theory into psychological perspectives.…”

Section: Neoclassical Consumption Theorymentioning

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Research Jungle on Online Consumer Behaviour in the Context of Web 2.0: Traceability, Frontiers and Perspectives in the Post-Pandemic Era

Zhang

Liu

Yao

2021

JTAER

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In recent years, the study of online consumption behavior has gradually formed its research system and analysis model based on the inheritance of traditional research paradigms, focusing on the inner mechanism of consumption models explained by consumption activities. Online consumption is based on the research scenario of social e-commerce and forms a broad research network through the extension of consumer objects, consumer psychology, and consumer concepts. Although the theoretical constructs of online consumer behavior continue to improve, the relevant studies still do not fully grasp the research frontiers due to the lagging research nature. In the context of Web 2.0, it is impossible to run through the latest developments in online consumption research. Moreover, the study of online consumer behavior has shown a trend of diversification and multiple schools of thought, and a research jungle has emerged, which in essence is the perfection and new height of the study of consumerism. This paper analyses the origins, frontiers, and prospects of online consumer behavior research to clarify the formation principles, development paths, and future directions of the online consumer behavior research jungle. Ultimately based on the economic changes in the post-pandemic context, this paper integrates and proposes an evolving mechanism for studying online consumption behavior, intending to achieve a peek into and reveal the jungle of online consumption research.

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“…It was placed by Rosser [1,2] within a transdisciplinary approach including econophyics and econobio-logy. Revisiting the Marshall problem, Cassata and Marchionatti (2011) [3] stated that even though he failed to integrate these two methodological approaches into economic sciences, Marshall truly believed in the complexity of the interconnections between economic phenomena, and left us an important methodological and epistemological legacy on the meaning of complexity.…”

Section: The Concept Of Complexitymentioning

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Economic Complexity: A New Challenge for the Environment

Neagu

2021

Earth

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The present paper offers a view regarding the challenge induced in the environment by the productive structure of countries. Economic complexity, which links the productive structure of a country with its knowledge, labour, and sophistication, seems to raise new challenges for the environment’s preservation and quality. The debate on this linkage in existing literature is at a beginning, stimulating the mind of scholars, researchers, and policy makers. The relationship between economic complexity and the environment is multi-faced and creates unimagined challenges for humanity in its path toward social and economic progress. The paper reviews the main dimensions of the linkage between economic complexity and the environment, including moderating factors of this connection as they are reported in the existing literature.

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A transdisciplinary perspective on economic complexity. Marshall's problem revisited

Cited by 6 publications

References 67 publications

Definition of Economics in Retrospective: Two Epistemological Tensions That Explain the Change of the Study Object in Economics

Definition of Economics in Retrospective: Two Epistemological Tensions That Explain the Change of the Study Object in Economics

Research Jungle on Online Consumer Behaviour in the Context of Web 2.0: Traceability, Frontiers and Perspectives in the Post-Pandemic Era

Economic Complexity: A New Challenge for the Environment

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